Burma

Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar. 

 
 
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USE OF FLOATING DOCKS AT RANGOON (15/8/1945) (1945)

Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.

At Rangoon docks a wide shot ...

 

VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (6/1945) (1945)

With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.

A podium with dignitaries and ...

 

VICTORY RACE MEETING IN RANGOON (14/5/1945) (1945)

Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, ...

 

VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RANGOON: PARADE BEFORE... (1945)

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

 

VILLAGERS IN THE ARAKAN CELEBRATE THE BURMESE WATER... (1945)

Burmese villagers of Ywama village, six miles west of Kindaunggyi, north of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma, celebrate ...

 

VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY TO 36TH DIVISION ROMAN... (1945)

Visit of the Reverend T Roberts, Society of Jesus, Archbishop of Bombay and Vicar Delegate to His Majesty's ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL DAN SULTAN TO 36TH DIVISION (14/2/1945) (1945)

United States Army Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) arrives in his private Douglas C47 Skytrain ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE TO MEIKTILA (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Leese pays a visit to IV Corps which has been fighting in the Meiktila region of central ...

 

VISIT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BROWNING TO TAMANDU AND... (1945)

Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the ...

 

VISIT OF LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN TO MANDALAY (22/3/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped ...

 

VISIT OF SIR OLIVER LEESE TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF IV... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits IV Indian Corps in Burma.

An ...

 

VISITS OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL... (1945)

The visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim to 2nd Division area at Ondaw, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander ...

 

WATERPOINT AT 277 MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO RANGOON... (1945)

Indian Engineers (possibly of 44th Field Park Company) of 5th Indian Division, IV Indian Corps, use bulldozers to ...

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE (1945)has video enhanced entry

Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan ...

 

WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN BURMA (27/7/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Aerial footage showing a Royal Candian Air Force (RCAF) Douglas Dakota transport aircraft in flight; the aircraft is ...

 

WORKSHOP COMPANY SALVAGES CIVILIAN MOTOR TRANSPORT... (1945)

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers salvage damaged civilian motor vehicles in Rangoon, capital of Burma, following its capture by ...

 

XV INDIAN CORPS PLANNING CONFERENCE (18/2/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison KBE CB MC leading a planning conference at Division HQ situated at Myebon, Burma

Present ...

 

194 SQUADRON DROP SUPPLIES TO 25TH EAST AFRICAN BRIGADE... (1944)

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...

 

2ND BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ATTACK MOHNYIN... (1944)

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are ...

 

36TH DIVISION JEEP RAILWAY AT SAHMAW (19/9/1944) (1944)

A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.

A jeep, fitted with ...

 

36TH DIVISION OPERATIONS BEFORE PINBAW (18/8/1944) (1944)

Part 1: Jeeps with trailers cross a Bailey bridge. A sign reads 'Speeders beware! Mark my words / Wait and ...

 

36TH DIVISION SIGNALLERS LAY CABLE IN THE HOPIN AREA... (1944)

Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM (23/10/1944) (1944)

A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY... (1944)

Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK (30/10/1944) (1944)

British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE... (1944)

As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui ...

 

AIR EVACUATION OF CASUALTIES FROM 154TH FIELD AMBULANCE... (1944)

Scenes of Burmese civilians receiving medical treatment and air evacuation of British casualties from Mohnyin in northern Burma.

At ...

 

AIR RESUPPLY AND EVACUATION DURING BATTLE OF NGAKYEDAUK... (1944)

Aircraft dropping supplies by parachute and evacuating wounded in support of 7th Indian Division, Fourteenth Army.

Men of Air ...

 

AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION AT COMILLA AND DUM DUM, INDIA,... (1944)

Documentary scenes showing the process of airfield construction in forward areas.

Various stages in the construction of an airfield, ...

 

AMERICANS SHELLING JAPANESE GARRISON AT MYITKYINA (4/8/1944) (1944)

Aerial shots of the damage done to Myitkyina, Burma, by American forces in the area who were shelling the Japanese ...

 

ARRIVAL OF UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, LORD MUNSTER,... (1944)

Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India, arrives in the Arakan, Burma

Earl of Munster arriving at an RAF ...

 

ATTACK ON KENNEDY PEAK BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (2/11/1944) (1944)

A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on ...

 

BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE FIELD TO LUSHAI BRIGADE AT... (1944)

A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 190 (COLONIAL VERSION) (1944)

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GENERAL EISENHOWER TAKES OVER NEW COMMAND SNOWFALL HINDERS EIGHTH ARMY ASSEMBLY LINE ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 203 (COLONIAL VERSION) (1944)

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TIRPITZ BLITZED. NAVAL AIRCRAFT IN ACTION JAPANESE DEFEAT IN BURMA. 14TH ARMY ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 205 (1944)

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BURMA FRONT. COMMANDO LANDING FOR OPERATION AT MAUNGDAW JAP CRUISER DESTROYED BY BOMBING ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 207 (1944)

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CANADA'S PREMIER ADDRESSES BRITISH PARLIAMENT JAPS TRAPPED AT IMPHAL BATTLE IN BURMA 4TH ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 235 (COLONIAL VERSION) (1944)

For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: GREECE WELCOMES WAR HEROES GEN. LEESE TAKES OVER S.E.A.C. COMMAND RIVER TRANSPORT ...

 

BRITISH NEWS NO. 237 (1944)

For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: TOYS FOR OUR LIBERATORS IKE VISITS MONTY SUPPLYING THE BURMA FRONT BY ...

 

BUILDING A FERRY ON THE KALAPANZIN RIVER (14/12/1944) (1944)

West African Engineers construct a ferry over the Kalapanzin River in the Arakan region of Burma.

African troops of ...

 

BURMA INTELLIGENCE CORPS AND ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS... (1944)

Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British ...

 

BURMESE REFUGEES IN ASSAM (6/9/1944) (1944)

Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.

Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross ...

 

CASUALTY EVACUATION FROM LIGHT AIRSTRIP AT SAIZANG... (1944)

A small airstrip is built at the remote village of Saizang, 8 miles south west of Tiddim, Burma, ...

 

CHINDITS AT REST AT TINSUKIA (23/8/1944) (1944)

Men of 14th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division (the Chindits), having been evacuated by air from Burma are seen ...

 

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AT YAZAGYO (18/12/1944) (1944)

The men of 5th Infantry Brigade headquarters (2nd Division) enjoy Christmas festivities at Yazagyo, north of Kalemyo in ...

 

CHRISTMAS ON THE INDO-BURMA BORDER (25/12/1944) (1944)

British soldiers of XV Corps celebrate Christmas 1944 on the Teknaf Peninsula on the Indo-Burma border.

A man leaves ...

 

CROSSING OF THE CHINDWIN AT SITTAUNG/OPERATION PROFIT... (1944)

Reel 1: Pan across a beachhead on the banks of the River Chindwin showing men, mules and a number of ...

 

ETO ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS (PLUS... (1944)

I. "Captured German 88mm gun." US ordnance crew inspect and test 88mm gun; it is resprayed with US markings.

II. "CBI ...